cA PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



and figured in the Journal of Boi any, 1^09, pp. 437-9, by Br. Eendle, 

 from wild plants collected near Axminster, except that in that instance 

 ordinary flowers were also produced. Although no stamens were 

 produced, carpels and apparently good ovules were borne in the centre 

 of the groups of leaves. 



Fasciation in Chrysanthemum uliginosum. — Dr. Scott sent speci- 

 mens of this plant with fasciated stems, in some cases separating 

 before producing flower heads, and m others remaining fasciated until 

 the flowering stage was reached, so that the head appeared as though 

 two or three were joined. 



Double- flowered Tropaeolums. — Mr. Arkwright, of Lyonshall, 

 Herefordshire, sent flowers of some double Tropaeolums which he had 

 raised. One or two of the plants were climbers, and there were among 

 the plants more than a dozen distinct variations in colour. The flowers 

 were regular and had no stamens or carpels. 



Scientific Committee, October 25, 1910. 



Rev. Prof. Henslow, M.A., V.M.H., in the Chair, and twelve 

 members present. 



Malformed Orchidf^. — Mr. Bowles, F.L.S., exhibited, on behalf of 

 Mr. Hudson, V.M.H., a malformed Dendrohmm showing doubling of 

 some of its parts. It was referred to Mr. Lionel Orawshay for examina- 

 tion and report (p. cclii). 



Fodder plant. — Dr. A. Voelcker showed the basal part of a plant used 

 in Mexico as food for cattle. The portion shown consisted of the over- 

 lapping basal portions of the leaves (their upper parts having been re- 

 moved), and the axis from which they had sprung. The mass measured 

 about 12 inches in diametei* and was about 10 inches deep. The leaves 

 are exceedingly glossy and hard. The mass is broken up with a chopper 

 and fed to cattle, which devour it greedily. It contains about 2 per cent, 

 of cane sugar. It is apparently from a species ol Dasylirion and belongs 

 to the Liliaceae (later identified by Mr. E. M. Holmes as Dasylirion 

 g laucophyllum) . • 



Nerine crosses. — Mr. A. Worsley showed a spike of Nerine x Hay- 

 lockii to illustrate the fact that reciprocal crosses are not always of pre- 

 cisely the same nature. N. x Mansellii is the result of the reciprocal 

 cross in this case, but it differs in colour from iV. . x HaylocTcii. Dr. 

 Keeble pointed out that such differences may arise because the pollen 

 may not carry the chromoplasts. In addition to this, it is not certain 

 that the same forms of the species were used in the making of both 

 crosses, and if different forms were used the result would naturally be 

 different. 



Fertility of ''green'' Wallflower. — Prof. Henslow said that he 

 found the fruits of this plant to contain numerous fertile seeds, but he 

 had not been able to satisfy himself that the supernumerary carpels 

 formed in place of stamens produced good seed. 



